Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good Marning, Good morning, Good morning, it is Wednesday. It's
May fourteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
caption for today is God among His People, God among
His People. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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and pray, and then we will get underway. Father in heaven,
thank you for giving us this new day and for
the opportunity to pray. Father, Please help us to live,
Help us to live like we are your people in reality.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again God
among his people. Can I just say that God wants
to be with you where you are, or maybe maybe
I should say it this way. God wants to be
with you. He wants you where he is. Yeah, wherever
you are, God wants to be with you. This is
why the Bible says, and we'll probably say it again
at the end Moses, God said to Moses, have them
make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
So God wants to be with you. In fact, Jesus's
name as he became took on the adopted human form
when he lived on planet Earth for thirty three and
a half years. The Bible teaches us that his name
is Emmanuel. That being interpreted God with us so God
demonstrated through the life of Christ and so many other
ways that he just literally wants to be with us.
Do you want to be with God too? Is that
your desire? Is that your reality? Is that your story
as well? And so with that in mind, we're going
to the Bible Book of Numbers, the Bible Book of Numbers,
chapter two and verse three, and we see we're going
to see God's presence, how it's central in our journey.
And so the Bible reads the lesson writer wanted us
to look at these and see what we can get
out of it. And on the east side, toward the
rising sun, shall they of the standard of the camp
of Judah pitch throughout their armies? That is numbers chapter
two and verse three. So we see that the tribe
of Judah was pitched there. So what lesson can I
learn there? Because you have to break your brain almost
but really it's better to be prayerful. God positioned his
presence at the center, showing that everything in life must
revolve around him. As you enter into the sanctuary, I
wish I had the time the tribe of Judah. Jesus
came from the tribe of Judah. He's the lion, the
mighty lion of the tribe of jud. As you enter
in from the east to the west, you're going through. Yeah,
Judah is stationed there. So God positioned his presence at
the center, showing that everything in life must revolve around him.
Of course, of course he's the sanctuaries in the center,
and the different tribes are all around. He is in
the center. Is he in the center of your life?
Is he in the center of my life? So I
want you to reorganize your schedule today and for this week,
so that prayer time with God are your starting point
and not an afterthought. I said, rearrange your schedule so
prayer time with God is the reality of your life,
not an afterthought. Oh no, wait, I haven't prayed yet.
Oh no, this difficult thing is happening. Let us pray
not just like that, but that is the center of
our lives. Let's go to numbers chapter two and verse ten.
For Ruben in the south on the south side shall
be the standard of the camp of Ruben, according to
his armies. Let's see if we can get anything out
of that. No matter which way life turns, I'm stretching here, y'all,
no matter which way life turns, whether it is to
the north, the south, the east, or the west, God
is present and he is steady there. He's study there.
He is present. So we see him in the south,
God's people representing him in the south. He stands with
us in every direction of our lives. And now we
go to verse eighteen. In the west, in the west
on the west side shall be the standard of the
camp of Ephrium, according to their armies, the west side.
You realize that the arc of the covenant is stationed
in the west side, or the westerly direction of the sanctuary,
the most holy place. Yes, in the west. So God's
people turn their backs to the sun and their faces
to the shakina or the glory of God. I wish
I had the time. They turned their backs to the
sun and point their faces toward the presence of God. Oh,
I wish I had the time. If you are facing
the sun, maybe you're facing okay, I said, Maybe the
reality is God's people were chided for turning their faces
to the sun and turning their backs to the sanctuary.
So the people camped together, reminding us that God calls
us into a faith community, not into like being a hermit,
not into isolation. He called us to be together now
for the north the tribe of Dan Verse twenty five.
The standard of the camp of Dan shall be in
the north side by their armies. Instructions on order were
not random. Shout to the people who know what behavior
style atc is. We love order. We love order. I
mean order is even biblical. So God did not want
it to be random. His design brings peace and strength
even in chaos. So I want you to look at
one area of your life. I'm a coach. One area
of your life that feels messy, I said, feels messy?
Is it your time management? Is it your money? Is
it how your relationships function. There's so much stuff in
the news about different public figures, including sports figures, etc.
When they get into these really ridiculous relationship situations, if
you can call it that. But if those things are
messy in your life, ask God for wisdom to bring
them into order. Bring them in to order and Revelation
Chapter two The Bible reads beginning at verse twelve, and
had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels, and the names written
thereon which are the names of the twelve tribes of
the children of Israel. And so we see there that
God's glory is reflected in his people. Even in heaven,
we see his people as a manifestation of his glory.
The names of the tribes of the People of God
are written there, are you serious? Yes, yes, indeed? And
then true worship is centered on God's presence. In Revelation
twenty one and verse twenty two, and I saw no
temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are the temple of it. Even the Old Testament Bible
writers said that God is a little sanctuary like so,
people who think that the space or the place is
what makes something hold, you're sadly mistaken. The original sanctuary
or the welcome into relationship with God is God himself.
He wants us, too, tabernacle with him, to abide in
him and he in you. And you can ask what
you will and it will be done unto you. So Jesus,
the original sanctuary wants you to become as a sanctuary,
full and holy like the song said. Bible says that
we are the temple of the Holy Ghost, and we
were bought with a price God wants to dwell with
us permanently. Have them make a sanctuary that I may
dwell among them. This transcends the time now far into eternity.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of God. This
has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make
it a great day. Yeah,